College Football Rankings by Interceptions / Game, 2026

New Mexico ranks first in FBS in interceptions / game at 2.14, ahead of Texas Tech (1.86) and UCLA (1.71). The middle of FBS is about 0.71, and Nevada is last of 138 (0.14).

What's interceptions / game?

Interceptions the defense made per game. Higher is better.

Per game, from play-by-play.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by interceptions / game

Rank	Team	Conference	Interceptions / game
1	New Mexico	Mountain West	2.14
2	Texas Tech	Big 12	1.86
3	UCLA	Big Ten	1.71
4	Alabama	SEC	1.50
4	Kentucky	SEC	1.50
6	App State	Sun Belt	1.43
6	Boston College	ACC	1.43
6	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1.43
9	UNLV	Mountain West	1.33
10	Colorado State	Pac-12	1.29
10	North Dakota State	Mountain West	1.29
10	Oregon	Big Ten	1.29
10	Washington	Big Ten	1.29
14	Auburn	SEC	1.14
14	Northwestern	Big Ten	1.14
14	Notre Dame	Independents	1.14
14	Utah	Big 12	1.14
18	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1.13
18	Baylor	Big 12	1.13
18	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1.13
18	Pittsburgh	ACC	1.13
22	Fresno State	Pac-12	1.00
22	Houston	Big 12	1.00
22	Liberty	Conference USA	1.00
22	Louisville	ACC	1.00
22	Michigan	Big Ten	1.00
22	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.00
22	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.00
22	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1.00
22	Ole Miss	SEC	1.00
22	Penn State	Big Ten	1.00
22	Purdue	Big Ten	1.00
22	San José State	Mountain West	1.00
22	Tennessee	SEC	1.00
22	Virginia	ACC	1.00
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1.00
37	California	ACC	0.88
37	Indiana	Big Ten	0.88
37	LSU	SEC	0.88
37	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.88
37	Troy	Sun Belt	0.88
37	Tulsa	American Athletic	0.88
37	UCF	Big 12	0.88
37	UTSA	American Athletic	0.88
45	Boise State	Pac-12	0.86
45	BYU	Big 12	0.86
45	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0.86
45	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0.86
45	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0.86
45	Maryland	Big Ten	0.86
45	Missouri	SEC	0.86
45	New Mexico State	Conference USA	0.86
45	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0.86
45	Oregon State	Pac-12	0.86
45	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0.86
45	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0.86
45	Texas	SEC	0.86
58	James Madison	Sun Belt	0.78
59	Delaware	Conference USA	0.75
59	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0.75
59	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.75
59	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0.75
59	North Texas	American Athletic	0.75
59	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0.75
59	San Diego State	Pac-12	0.75
59	Texas A&M	SEC	0.75
67	Air Force	Mountain West	0.71
67	Arkansas	SEC	0.71
67	Cincinnati	Big 12	0.71
67	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.71
67	Florida International	Conference USA	0.71
67	Iowa	Big Ten	0.71
67	Memphis	American Athletic	0.71
67	North Carolina	ACC	0.71
67	Rutgers	Big Ten	0.71
67	UAB	American Athletic	0.71
77	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.63
77	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.63
77	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0.63
77	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0.63
77	Toledo	Mid-American	0.63
77	Tulane	American Athletic	0.63
77	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.63
77	West Virginia	Big 12	0.63
85	Clemson	ACC	0.57
85	Colorado	Big 12	0.57
85	Florida	SEC	0.57
85	Georgia	SEC	0.57
85	Marshall	Sun Belt	0.57
85	Miami	ACC	0.57
85	Navy	American Athletic	0.57
85	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.57
85	Oklahoma	SEC	0.57
85	South Carolina	SEC	0.57
85	Syracuse	ACC	0.57
85	TCU	Big 12	0.57
85	Texas State	Pac-12	0.57
85	UConn	Independents	0.57
99	Kent State	Mid-American	0.56
100	Ball State	Mid-American	0.50
100	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.50
100	Florida State	ACC	0.50
100	Ohio	Mid-American	0.50
100	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.50
100	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.50
106	Arizona State	Big 12	0.43
106	Army	American Athletic	0.43
106	NC State	ACC	0.43
106	Stanford	ACC	0.43
106	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.43
106	Utah State	Pac-12	0.43
106	UTEP	Mountain West	0.43
113	Akron	Mid-American	0.38
113	Charlotte	American Athletic	0.38
113	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.38
113	Missouri State	Conference USA	0.38
113	Rice	American Athletic	0.38
113	Washington State	Pac-12	0.38
113	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.38
120	Arizona	Big 12	0.29
120	Duke	ACC	0.29
120	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0.29
120	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0.29
120	Illinois	Big Ten	0.29
120	Iowa State	Big 12	0.29
120	Kansas	Big 12	0.29
120	Mississippi State	SEC	0.29
120	SMU	ACC	0.29
120	Temple	American Athletic	0.29
120	USC	Big Ten	0.29
120	Wake Forest	ACC	0.29
132	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.25
132	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.25
132	South Florida	American Athletic	0.25
132	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.25
136	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.14
136	Kansas State	Big 12	0.14
136	Nevada	Mountain West	0.14

The best team in each conference

Mountain West: New Mexico (2.14, 1st); Big 12: Texas Tech (1.86, 2nd); Big Ten: UCLA (1.71, 3rd); SEC: Alabama (1.50, 4th); Sun Belt: App State (1.43, 6th); ACC: Boston College (1.43, 6th); Pac-12: Colorado State (1.29, 10th); Independents: Notre Dame (1.14, 14th); Mid-American: Central Michigan (1.13, 18th); Conference USA: Liberty (1.00, 22nd); American Athletic: Tulsa (0.88, 37th).

College Football Rankings by Interceptions / Game, 2026

What's interceptions / game?

Every FBS team by interceptions / game

The best team in each conference

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